Is Imagine! Studios Woke?

What They Do

Imagine! Studios is an art, media, and entertainment company co-founded in 2004 by husband-and-wife team Joe and Kristen Eckstein, with Joe serving as Creative Director. Based in Florida, the studio works under the tagline "Art, Entertainment & Imagination!" across several creative disciplines.

• Graphic Design & Illustration
• Book Publishing
• Books & Media
• Animation & Film
• Live Productions

In their own words, their aim is to "create excellent art, media, and entertainment that fires the imagination and makes a significant positive difference in the lives of people." It is a small, owner-operated creative shop, not a corporation with divisions and departments.

Why There's No Political Footprint Here

There is no ESG report here. No DEI program. No Human Rights Campaign score. No corporate PAC. That is not because the studio took a brave stand against any of it. It is because a two-founder creative company simply does not have that apparatus. Corporate political activism is a function of scale: it takes a public-company board, an investor-relations department, and a compliance team to produce the things people worry about. A husband-and-wife studio has none of those levers to pull, in any direction.

What We Checked

We reviewed the studio's public website, and we searched for the things that leave a political trail at larger firms: federal political contributions, lobbying disclosures, and public corporate advocacy or activist campaigns. We found none. At this size, that is exactly what we expected to find, and it is not a knock on the business, it is simply what a company this small is.

The Bottom Line

When you hire Imagine! Studios, your money goes to two independent owners and whatever staff or collaborators they bring on, not into a corporate political apparatus. We make no claim about the owners' personal politics, we don't know them, and it isn't our business. What we can tell you is that your money isn't funding a corporate activism machine, because a studio this size doesn't have one.